Monday 25th March 2013
Set by Ormskirk

ROUND 1
1a Which actor played George Cowley in the ITV series 'The Professionals'?
GORDON JACKSON
1b What is the surname of the two brothers who won gold and bronze medals in the Triathlon at the
2012 Olympic Games?
BROWNLEE (ALISTAIR AND JONNY)
2a The River Volga drains into which body of water?
THE CASPIAN SEA
2b Which Tamla Motown group had a hit in 1966 with '(I'm A) Road Runner'?
JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS
3a Which play that premiered in 1956, featured the character Jimmy Porter?
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
3b Which 20th century conflict had the code name Operation Corporate?
THE FALKLANDS WAR
4a The eighteenth century Treaty of Utrecht was signed by the belligerents of which war?
THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
4b In which year did two jumbo jets collide at Tenerife airport, killing 583 people?
1977

ROUND 2
1a What does the Op in Op Art stand for?
OPTICAL
1b The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended which war?
THE WAR OF 1812
2a Carried out on May 2nd 2011, what was the objective of Operation Neptune Spear?
THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
2b Who is the subject of the Irving Stone novel 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'?
MICHELANGELO
3a 'The Tears of a Clown' was a UK number one hit in 1970 for which group?
SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES
3b In which South American country is Mount Aconcagua?
ARGENTINA
4a Newcastle United striker Demba Ba plays international football for which country?
SENEGAL
4b Which cartoon character has the vital statistics 19-19-19?
OLIVE OIL

ROUND 3
1a Who was the first US President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
1b Who composed 'The Little Russian Symphony'?
TCHAIKOVSKY
2a Which actress played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in five films?
MARGARET RUTHERFORD
2b In which decade did the Queens portrait first appear on Bank of England bank notes?
1960s (1960)
3a What was the former name of the African city of Harare?
SALISBURY
3b Which art movement was pioneered by Pablo Picasso and George Braque?
CUBISM
4a Who wrote the 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse'?
VIRGINIA WOOLF
4b Which cyclist won the first medal for Team GB at the 2012 Olympic Games?
LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD

ROUND 4
1a Who carried the British flag at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games?
BEN AINSLIE
1b Who was the author of the 1938 novel 'Scoop'?
EVELYN WAUGH
2a Who was the founder of Sikhism?
GURU NANAK
2b Droitwich and Kidderminster are towns in which English county?
WORCESTERSHIRE
3a In which year was the fifty pence piece first issued?
1969
3b Who is the male star of the 2000 film 'The Beach'?
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
4a Who composed the opera 'Tristan and Isolde'?
RICHARD WAGNER
4b Who was the only US President to remain a bachelor?
JAMES BUCHANAN

ROUND 5
1a Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena?
MINERVA
1b Which Charles Dickens novel follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
2a Which blood group is known as the 'universal donor', because it can be given to all blood groups?
GROUP O
2b What was the first name of Italian statesman and writer Machiavelli?
NICCOLO
3a Queens Park Rangers defender Jose Bosingwa plays international football for which country?
PORTUGAL
3b Which actor plays Detective Inspector Alan Banks in the ITV series 'DCI Banks'?
STEPHEN TOMPKINSON
4a The song 'Memory', is a show tune from which musical?
CATS
4b Ciampino Airport serves which European city?
ROME

ROUND 6
1a If you landed at Linate Airport, which European city would you be in?
MILAN
1b The song 'I Know Him So Well', is a song from which musical?
CHESS
2a In the 1966 film 'Carry on Cowboy', who plays The Rumpo Kid?
SID JAMES
2b The youngest gold medalist for team GB at the 2012 Olympics, Jade Jones, won in which sport?
TAEKWANDO
3a Who preceded Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France?
JACQUES CHIRAC
3b During the US Civil War, what name was given to the first national flag of the Confederacy?
THE STARS AND BARS
4a Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
HARD TIMES
4b Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Vulcan?
HEPHAESTUS

ROUND 7
1a An erotic icon of the mid-1970s, which actress died at the age of sixty in October 2012?
SYLVIA KRISTEL
1b Gainsborough and Stamford are towns in which English county?
LINCOLNSHIRE
2a Which Premiership rugby union team play their home games at Adams Park?
(LONDON) WASPS
2b With regard to book titles, if TDVC is 'The Da Vinci Code', which E L James book is F S 0 G?
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
3a In musical terminology, what word describes sliding between two notes?
GLISSANDO
3b Who was the Chancellor of West Germany at the time of the reunification of East and West Germany?
HELMUT KOHL
4a In which part of the body would you find the zygomatic bone?
THE CHEEK
4b Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1989 film 'Driving Miss Daisy'?
JESSICA TANDY

ROUND 8
1a Which actor plays the Earl of Grantham in the ITV series 'Downton Abbey'?
HUGH BONNEVILLE
1b In which part of the body would you find the parietal bone?
THE SKULL (ACCEPT HEAD)
2a Nathan Bedford Forrest was the original leader of which American organisation?
THE KU KLUX KLAN
2b In musical terminology, which word describes bouncing the bow lightly on the strings?
SPICCATO
3a With regard to book and film titles, if ATLA is 'A Town Like Alice', which Jack Higgins work is
TEHL?
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
3b Which Premiership rugby union team play their home games at The Recreation Ground?
BATH
4a The River Danube drains into which body of water?
THE BLACK SEA
4b Who was the Government Chief Whip who resigned in October 2012, following accusation that he swore at police officers and called them 'plebs'?
ANDREW MITCHELL

SPARE QUESTIONS
1 Paul Metcalfe is the real name of which Gerry Anderson puppet character?
CAPTAIN SCARLET
2 Which British fashion designer was sacked after an alleged anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar?
JOHN GALLIANO
3 Which hero of science fiction was created by Alex Raymond?
FLASH GORDON
4 In which Puccini opera does Minnie own a saloon called The Polka?
THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST